Event Details

Tour the cutting edge Newby Island Resource Recovery Park in San Jose, believed to be the largest recycling facility in the world. The renovation of an existing 80,000 square foot building and addition of a state of the art sorting system and equipment enable the facility to process as much as 420,000 tons of waste per year.The facility houses organics recycling, construction waste recycling and a “Green Energy” generation system and will help us achieve our goal of “zero waste” for homes and businesses.The tour will include the new recycling facility as well as the landfill operation.Lunch and pre-tour lecture, noon – 1 p.m., bus tour 1 – 4 p.m.

When & Where

HMH
1570 Oakland Rd
San Jose,
CA 95131

Thursday, November 1, 2012 from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM (PDT)

Organizer

California Planning Roundtable and APA California Chapter Northern

The California Planning Roundtable (CPR) is an organization of experienced planning professionals who are members of the American Planning Association (APA). Membership is balanced between the public and private sectors, and between Northern and Southern California. The mission of the Roundtable is to provide a forum for prominent planners to exercise creativity and leadership in promoting understanding of California's critical public policy issues, and recommending action. (more)

The APA California Northern Section, offers membership to city and regional planners and associated professionals that primarily live or work in the western Klamath and Pacific Coast Ranges regions. The Section includes the highly populated nine-county San Francisco Bay Area and extends approximately 500 miles from the Oregon border to south of Monterey Bay. APA California–Northern promotes planning-related continuing education, social functions and other activities in order to . . . (more).